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    Santa Clara Vanguard 2024

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    5 hours ago, RiverCityAndTroopersFan said:

    Veering back on topic, I have talked to several people involved in other corps and their response to SCV’s demise has been “Covid hit corps hard”. What do you all make of that?

    I think the reference “SCV’s demise” is a bit harsh. Granted, the organization has put themselves into a bad situation but demise? Um, no. As for the Covid “excuse”….Every corps dealt with the pandemic but some still managed to show up in Indy. FWIW, I believe a combination of mostly bad management decisions and Covid, to an extent, put them in this boat. Let’s hope SCV can row that boat back to transparency and legal/financial health….Time will tell.

    Santa Clara Vanguard 2024

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    4 hours ago, greg_orangecounty said:

    I'm choosing to give Santa Clara's Board and Management team the benefit of the doubt.  No, it obviously doesn't look good right now, but the COVID shut down in CA really DID have a negative impact on many business, profit, and non-profit.  I'm hoping their back 990's are submitted soon to avoid a suspension or revocation of their non-profit status.

    OTOH....😬.....I have seen "this" movie before.  There once was a national known corps that folded.  Years later, a former director took control of the name in an effort to "restart" the corps.  A 5013c status was obtained and a very-very profitable bingo game was built.  A LOT of cash was coming in but the new corps never materialized.  Occasionally, a small winter guard or drum line was put out but that was it.  The cash coming in was not spent on the product on the field as it should have been.  Where did all the money go.......?  Wellllllllll......

    Sorry, to disagree but SCV’s BOD has had more than enough time to “right the administrative ship”.

    Not really buying the Covid argument either be it fundraising or putting a corps “on the field”. Each and every corps was impacted by the pandemic in multiple ways, but still many corps put a show on the field and not call it in with a video. The video SCV passed off for a “contribution” during Covid cost the organization a lot less than a touring, competing unit. So what happened to the millions the organization made while the object of their efforts took a season off?

    This is what I question.

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    Santa Clara Vanguard 2024

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    2 minutes ago, Terri Schehr said:

    I have some experience with this. I was working bingo at my son’s Catholic school. Someone took another woman’s seat, they started exchanging punches, and the police were called. They are very territorial about where they sit, I guess.  They have bingo at the HOA center where I live, my neighbor asked me to go, but what if I sit in the wrong seat? Am I gonna get my ### kicked by a snowbird?

    Perhaps…and god help you if you even looked at the amulets they put around their space.

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    Corps That Have Moved and Why?

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    47 minutes ago, Terri Schehr said:

    You’re an old timer like me.  😂. Did PR ever hold their show at Harlem high school? Or is that the IDBCA show I’m thinking of? I definitely remember that show in 1973 because that’s where the Viscounts got a 7.7.  Total score. 😳

    Kilties went on right after them. I asked Jim if he remembers that but he doesn’t. I guess the old saying that if you remember the 70’s, you weren’t there is true. 
     

    It’s funny what the mind remembers.  I can’t even go to Publix for three items now without a post it note but I can remember 💩 like that. 🤦‍♀️

    I don’t think SOS was ever held at Harlem High, at least when we marched. It would have been at the old campus because the “New” High School opened in Machesney Park in ‘75. I always remember it being at Boylan HS.

    just an FYI… I started taking Prevagen about a year ago. I now have the memory of a jellyfish!🪼

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    Midwest Clinic Welcomes The King Cobras This December

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    Congrats to King Cobras for their outreach! Commendable and noteworthy. Let’s not overlook the efforts of Rockford Rhythm and other efforts throughout the country, offering opportunities to underserved students nationwide. Kudos to both organizations for bringing support to communities who have limited access to musical arts. This is a model to grow interest in drum corps!
     

    That’s what it’s all about now isn’t it? Kinda reinforces the basic tenets of drum corps BITD. These are the organizations who will bring new talent to DCI. Please donate!

    DCI 2024 SCHEDULE

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    I saw the Pittsburgh show mentioned…Sorry, a  scosche off topic, but did they ever correct the entrance and exits for the souvie trucks and trailers at Baldwin HS? I recall the entrance to the stadium was a real panic inducer.

    Loved the stadium tho and the folks in Pittsburgh are THE best!

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